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TO'ALL WHOM IT` CONCERN:

Be it known that I, DAVID WIGGER, of the city, county, and State of New York, hav-einventeda new and.

improved Belt-Fastening; and .I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. f i

Figure 1 represents aside` View of my improved belt-fastener. I A

Figure 2 is a sectional vieyv ofthe same, the'plane of section being indicated by the'line :v x, fig. 1.

-Figure 3 is a plan or top view bf the same Whenappliedv to broad belts.

Similar letters of reference. indicate correspondngparts.

This invention relatesto anew belt-fastener, which is so arranged as to be easily opened, and which when closed can be securely locked,- and which is of'great strength and durability.

The invention consists in the u seof tivo metal plates, secured respectively to the ends of the-belt by means of rivets or otherwise. The plates project beyond the ends of thebelt,l andA are bent so as to forin hooks, one plate being bent up, the'other down. By means of these hooks the ends can be easily connected by sliding the hooks together. Thenlatter Vare so bent that they can onlybe disengaged by moving them aside. A bolt is arranged in one of the plates, which, when the ends are to be locked, is pushed into a notch provided in the opposite plate 1. I Y I l* A A' are the twoendsof'a belt orl strap, made of leather or other suitable material'. B B' are metalplates, riveted Orotherwise secured to the ends A A' respectively. They are vsecured to the outside of the belt, (fig. 2

is reversed,) and project over'theends of the belt, as shown The ends of the plate are bent respectively up v and down, and then back, as shotvn in g. 2, so as to form hooks. When locked, the b ack of the hook on B' will be so close to the1A end A of the belt, or to some projection-formed on the plate B, that the hooks can only be disengaged by sliding-there apart, as indicated in tig. 1.

Itmwill be seen thatthe ends of the belt can thus be easily disengaged, andv also rnily locked by means of a sliding bolt,"a,securedto theplate B,and iitting into'a notch, b, in the plate B', as shown. The under side ofthe belt 'will be perfectly plain and smooth, and will work easy. This fastening is easier applied, simpler, cheaper, and handier than the ordinary lacing or other fastenings. On broad belts two or;more sets of plates, B and B', may be used, as is indicated in fig. 3.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The'plates;B 13C-when firmly secured to the ends of the belt, and when shaped as describeh, so that they can only bedisengagedlby moving the ends of the belt aside, substantially as herein set forth.

2. The plates B and B', when made as set forth, in combinationv with the b olt a, the saine being made and operating substantially as and lfor the purpose herein shown and described. i D. WIGGER.

Witnesses: v

WM. F. MoN/imm, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

